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- Robert "Earl" Courtner, 95, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center.
He was a native of Carter County, TN, and a son of the late Robert Allen Courtner and Mattie Mae Neatherly Courtner. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Paul, Howard and Ralph Courtner; and two sisters, Chloe Lipford and Vernell Bowling.
Mr. Courtner was a veteran of WW II and was stationed in England. He was in the Army Air Corps.
He retired from North American Rayon and had worked as a Shipright in Metal Manufacturing in Greeneville, TN.
He was a member of University Parkway Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mildred Ann Courtner; one daughter, Carolyn Courtner Wood and her husband, Claude Jr., of Knoxville, TN; one son, Stephen Robert Courtner and his wife, Carol, of Jackson, TN; seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Frances Courtner and Lucille Hodge, both of Butler; one sister in law, Martha Courtner.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 25, 2012, from Mountain Home National Cemetery. Dr. Michael Oaks will officiate. Military Honors will be observed at the cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
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